Christian MackenrodtNov 3, 2024

#30DayMapChallenge #BundesagenturfürArbeit

day 3 – Polygons: North-South gap bigger than East-West divide

To calculate a (simplified) unemployment rate, you need data for the unemployed and the employed. These are available at https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de for more than 10,000 German communities. I calculated two figures: one for the northern and one for the southern polygon.

Did you expect that the gap between North and South is bigger than between East (7,7%) and West (5,8%)?

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Show threadJens Glad BalchenNov 3, 2024
@chwoma Seems logical considering the north has almost all of the east?
Show threadChristian Mackenrodt

@selulven Yes, the East is largely part of "the North". But the gap between North and South is bigger than between East and West.

My point is: East and West are different in many ways. Concerning unemployment they are not so different anymore.

The relatively low unemployment in West Germany is mainly due to the Southern Länder.

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